Senior Demand Planner

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Senior Demand Planner is responsible for analyzing demand patterns, assessing forecast trends, interpreting and actioning key performance indicators, and adjusting statistical forecasting model parameters to generate a rolling 28 months forecast. The Senior Demand Planner monitors forecast error and bias and ensures that statistical forecasting models are updated in a timely manner based on the aligned strategy between commercial, finance, and operations teams. The Senior Demand Planner supports the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process and is responsible for understanding and communicating how different statistical forecast models and model parameters affect demand variability.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze demands, assess forecast trends, and evaluate forecast error and bias at a Demand Forecasting Unit (DFU) level
• Provide statistical forecasting models and or Supply Chain demand recommendations to affiliate finance
• Support Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process
• Develop and maintain comments/drivers for any Demand Forecasting Unit (DFU) exceeding established targets
•  Liaise with Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain Brand Teams, and Operations to align statistical forecasts with trends and approved product strategy.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives for S&OP, Demand Management, and Statistical forecasting processes
• Support Product Life Cycle Management strategies as it relates to future forecasts
• Participate in demand review meetings. Document changes to demand forecasts to ensure traceability and accountability.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration,